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Further resources

Books

Houghton, Gillian. Spiders Inside and Out. New York: Rosen Publishing, 2004.
Find out how spiders hunt their prey, eat, spin webs, reproduce, and lay their eggs.

McGavin, George C. Amazing Insects and Spiders. New York: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2007.
Learn about the life cycles of some amazing insects and spiders.

Ross, Michael Elsohn. Spiderology. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2000.
A close-up view of the world of spiders, including projects that help you learn more about how spiders live –
and how scientists find out about them.

Solway, Andrew. Deadly Spiders and Scorpions. Chicago: Heinemann-Raintree, 2005.
A look at the really scary spiders such as black widows, tarantulas, funnel-web spiders, and their equally venomous
close relatives the scorpions. Plus some other interesting spider facts. Only for the brave!

Solway, Andrew. Spiders and Other Invertebrates. Chicago: Heinemann-Raintree, 2007.
An investigation into the ways in which spiders have adapted to their surroundings to become successful,
for example, in defending themselves and finding food.

Web sites
Backyard Nature, “Backyard Spiders,” http://www.backyardnature.net/spiders.htm
An interesting Web page containing information about spiders, and tips for spider watching.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Entomology, “Spiders,”
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders.htm
This Web site contains images of many common backyard spiders.

Explorit Science Center, “Spider Facts,” http://www.explorit.org/science/spider.html
A Web page of spider information from the Explorit Science Center in California.

Kidzone, “Spiders,” http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/spiders/index.htm
This Web page is full of information about spiders and has links to some online activities.

Tooter4Kids “Spiders,” http://www.tooter4kids.com/Spiders/Spiders.htm
A Web site full of information about spiders, with links to other spider Web pages.

Spiderz Rule, http://www.spiderzrule.com/spider7.htm
This Web site contains photographs of spiders of the world. It has a clickable picture gallery giving
access to information pages.
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